Genesis 42:17

Good News Translation (US Version)

With that, he put them in prison for three days.

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They spent a long time in prison, and the captain assigned Joseph as their servant.

He asked them, “Why do you look so worried today?”

Our human fathers punished us for a short time, as it seemed right to them; but God does it for our own good, so that we may share his holiness.

They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, since it was already late.

God will crowd kings together like prisoners in a pit. He will shut them in prison until the time of their punishment comes.

You have kept your promise, Lord, and you are good to me, your servant.

put him under guard, and waited for the Lord to tell them what to do with him.

You were angry with the chief baker and me, and you put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard.